On 16/09/2014 19:43, gareth wrote:
"Michael Black" wrote in message
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I doubt anyone's ever made coax at home.

It would be an interesting exercise to conceive of the mechanism
for weaving the braid, such that it was tight onto the dielectric

Would you need to weave braid?
Could it not be made by wrapping the dielectric in foil?
Spiral winding foil or otherwise wrapping in foil would seem to be a lot
easier than braiding on the fly.

Andy